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Please note: This is profootballweekly.com, not profootballtalk (who actually reported this rumor a couple of ago, but did not name names)
That means they are probably 3 of the most honest of the top 10 players.
Unless I am mistaken all three of these guys have been considered to be good character guys...and this is not a failed test. Of course, you know if one of these guys falls even a couple of spots some will point this.
Which might be a little unfair. There are very legit questions about Okoye and Adams holding up against the run. Awesome pass rushers both. But as the article mentioned Adams can play a little "disinterested" at times and also gets smothered by big lineman. I am not the only one (see Mayock) concerned that Okoye literally gets blown off the LoS against a power running game. They could both slide a little below the current hype and it would have nothing to do with this revelation.
He quit because the smoke tarnished his halo.
He'd have to battle it out with Millen then. This news probably moved each of these players up Millen's draft board. He did draft Charles Rogers after he failed a drug test at the combine. Think about it. Charles had many, many million reasons ($$$$) to put the hash pipe down for a few weeks and he couldn't. That should've spoke volumes for the importance of the little weed to Mr. Rogers. Of course, the Lions didn't baulk and took him in the top five. Brilliant. A ton of people smoke weed. Twenty ton have tried weed, so this isn't much news. However, when a guy can't put the pipe down long enough to pass a drug test they know is coming at the combine when a failed test could potentially lose them millions of dollars, there is a problem.
On my character scale they get bumped a few spots!
Well I think the difference lies in the fact that these player have admitted to using marijuana. This could have been when they were 15 and they may have just tried it one time. That is all these players are saying per this report. They had no idea at the age of say 15 that they were going to be entering the NFL and the millions of $$$$$'s that would be at stake. Ricky on the other hand chooses weed over millions of $$$$$$$$$$$$$. Big difference.
He's a loser because he was too dumb to take the proper precautions, so he wouldn't piss hot.And he didn't just 'smoke some marijuana'. The guy freaking took off, and was living in a tent in India or soemthing, when he shoulda been trying to get back in the league. I love Ricky, personally. And I love weed. But if I was a Fins fan, yeah he's a dirtbag loser that screwed his team over.
"Mr Johnson, have you ever used Marijauna?""Marijauna? Shhhheeeetttttt, I've used marijauna, cocaine, crack, and free based as well. You make sure the Raiders and Al Davis get that in their bio memo."
Cmon you think those kids are simply experimenting i'd say 75% of players that will be drafted next week smoke marijane regularly. They surely take some kind of products to fool the drug tests.Buckna said:
Yes, I would highly disagree that 75% of them are regular users. We'd have a lot more NFL players failing drug tests every year if that were the case. I'm not going to discount their intelligence enough to think that so many of them would put their gravy train in jeopardy like that.
I smoked pot every day in college until 2 months before graduation. I stopped because I knew I was going to have several job opportunities that would involve a drug test.And it was not really that hard to give up. I just drank a lot more!!Yes, I would highly disagree that 75% of them are regular users. We'd have a lot more NFL players failing drug tests every year if that were the case. I'm not going to discount their intelligence enough to think that so many of them would put their gravy train in jeopardy like that.
I agree.If it had been failing the mandatory drug test or something similar that would be different to me, because they are aware of such testing and that would mean they are either stupid enough to continue to keep smoking, didn't care, or having a tough time giving up the ganga. I don't care about people having a good time in college (or after college for that matter), but I do care about the Ricky Williams and Charles Rogers types that are more concerned with other things than playing football.I smoked pot every day in college until 2 months before graduation. I stopped because I knew I was going to have several job opportunities that would involve a drug test.And it was not really that hard to give up. I just drank a lot more!!Yes, I would highly disagree that 75% of them are regular users. We'd have a lot more NFL players failing drug tests every year if that were the case. I'm not going to discount their intelligence enough to think that so many of them would put their gravy train in jeopardy like that.
My point is just because we do something in college does not mean that we will continue that behavior after college.
I don't put Ricky in with Rogers. Ricky has a personality disorder. He found that smoking pot help him with that. It helped him more than any of the drugs that his Dr. Prescribed to the point that it was more important than his football career.It seems that Ricky has found a new way to cope without the weed. His last suspension was not for weed but a non-NFL approved supplement that was tainted.I agree.If it had been failing the mandatory drug test or something similar that would be different to me, because they are aware of such testing and that would mean they are either stupid enough to continue to keep smoking, didn't care, or having a tough time giving up the ganga. I don't care about people having a good time in college (or after college for that matter), but I do care about the Ricky Williams and Charles Rogers types that are more concerned with other things than playing football.I smoked pot every day in college until 2 months before graduation. I stopped because I knew I was going to have several job opportunities that would involve a drug test.And it was not really that hard to give up. I just drank a lot more!!Yes, I would highly disagree that 75% of them are regular users. We'd have a lot more NFL players failing drug tests every year if that were the case. I'm not going to discount their intelligence enough to think that so many of them would put their gravy train in jeopardy like that.
My point is just because we do something in college does not mean that we will continue that behavior after college.
Are you surprised he tried it or that he admitted it?
I can't think of one person that I went to college with who didn't at least try weed. I am sure there were some..... I just can't think of any........but I was HIGH the whole time so....... We need a smiley smoking a Fatty!!I never did, never wanted to and never will. And I am not the only one.
I never did, never wanted to and never will. And I am not the only one.
